🪷 ŚB 7.6.5

Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.

Sanskrit

ततो यतेत कुशल: क्षेमाय भवमाश्रित: । शरीरं पौरुषं यावन्न विपद्येत पुष्कलम् ॥ ५ ॥

Transliteration

tato yateta kuśalaḥ kṣemāya bhavam āśritaḥ śarīraṁ pauruṣaṁ yāvan na vipadyeta puṣkalam
Synonyms
tataḥ — therefore; yateta — should endeavor; kuśalaḥ — an intelligent man interested in the ultimate goal of life; kṣemāya — for the real benefit of life, or for liberation from material bondage; bhavam āśritaḥ — who is in material existence; śarīram — the body; pauruṣam — human; yāvat — as long as; na — not; vipadyeta — fails; puṣkalam — stout and strong.

Translation

Therefore, while in material existence [bhavam āśritaḥ], a person fully competent to distinguish wrong from right must endeavor to achieve the highest goal of life as long as the body is stout and strong and is not embarrassed by dwindling.

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